You’ll Never Believe What Went on Behind the Scenes of These Award-Winning Films

The Revenant

Even though Leonardo DiCaprio is a vegetarian, he chowed down on a big ole’ slab of raw bison liver for The Revenant. DiCaprio also learned to shoot a musket, build a fire, and speak the Native languages Pawnee and Arikara. He also studied with a doctor who specialized in ancient healing techniques. DiCaprio said it was the most difficult performance of his career.

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The More You Know

  • For 'Deadpool' (2016) Ryan Reynolds paid $10,000 of his own money for the right to wear a shirt with The Golden Girl’s Bea Arthur on it.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for.
  • Executive producer of Toy Story and Chief Pixar shareholder Steve Jobs picked Bob Dylan as his first choice to write and perform the soundtrack to the film over Randy Newman.
  • The original raw footage of Apocalypse Now consisted of 1,250,000 feet of film which is over 230 hours’ worth.
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